US11053978B2 - Non-elliptical contact profile for roller bearing - Google Patents

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US11053978B2 US16/607,172 US201816607172A US11053978B2 US 11053978 B2 US11053978 B2 US 11053978B2 US 201816607172 A US201816607172 A US 201816607172A US 11053978 B2 US11053978 B2 US 11053978B2
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  • the present invention relates to bearings, and more particularly to roller bearings.
  • the size of the contact ellipse increases as the contact load increases.
  • the contact ellipses are designed with their semi-major axis lying in the circumferential direction. At light loads, however, when the periphery of the contact ellipse is far away from the edges of the flange face, the shape of the contact footprint ellipse may not be the most desirable for managing the contact stress.
  • a first aspect of the invention provides a profile at the roller end and/or the mating flange face that produces a non-elliptical footprint at the contact between the roller end and the mating flange faces.
  • the invention provides a profile on the roller end face and/or flange face that contains multiple radii of curvature.
  • Yet another aspect of the current invention is to produce a profile that contains a multi-segmented profile portion on the roller end and/or flange face with each profile segment being tangent to at least one of the adjacent profile segments.
  • Another aspect of the current invention is to produce a profile on the roller end face and/or the flange face that contains a segment of a logarithmic profile in the contact portion.
  • the invention provides a roller bearing including an inner race ring, an outer race ring, and a roller arranged between and in contact with the inner and outer rings.
  • the bearing has a flange on the inner race ring at one axial end, and a flange on the outer race ring at an opposite axial end.
  • the roller has a profiled roller end including at least one principal segment intermediate two additional segments.
  • the principle segment is tangentially blended with the two additional segments, and the principle segment has a first curvature that is different from the respective curvatures of the two additional segments.
  • the invention provides a roller bearing including an inner race ring, an outer race ring, and a roller arranged between and in contact with the inner and outer rings.
  • the bearing has a flange on the inner race ring at one axial end, and a flange on the outer race ring at an opposite axial end.
  • At least one of the flanges is profiled to include at least one principal segment intermediate two additional segments.
  • the principle segment is tangentially blended with the two additional segments, and the principle segment has a first curvature that is different from the respective curvatures of the two additional segments.
  • the invention provides a roller bearing including an inner race ring, an outer race ring, and a roller arranged between and in contact with the inner and outer rings.
  • the bearing has a flange on the inner race ring at one axial end, and a flange on the outer race ring at an opposite axial end.
  • At least one of the flanges, or an end of the roller has a profile including a principal segment with a reference point C defining a contact location between the roller and the flange, the principal segment having a continuously changing radius of curvature that decreases as a distance from the reference point C increases.
  • the reference point C may be at the center of the principal segment, but this need not be the case.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view, partially cut-away, of a rolling element bearing embodying the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a rolling element of the rolling element bearing of FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the rolling element of FIG. 2 , illustrating a portion of the curved end face profile.
  • FIG. 4 schematically illustrates the contact footprint between the rolling element of FIG. 3 and the mating flange face of the rolling element bearing.
  • FIG. 5 schematically depicts an alternative embodiment of the invention in which the roller end profile is spherical and the mating flange face has at least three profile segments.
  • FIG. 6 schematically depicts another alternative embodiment of the invention in which the roller end profile is conical and the mating flange face has at least three profile segments.
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view, partially cut-away, of another rolling element bearing embodying the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a rolling element of the rolling element bearing of FIG. 7 .
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the rolling element of FIG. 8 , illustrating a portion of the curved end face profile.
  • FIG. 10 is an enlarged partial view of the schematic view of FIG. 9 .
  • FIG. 11 is a graphical view showing the curvature of a portion of the curved end face profile of FIG. 9 .
  • FIG. 12 schematically illustrates the contact footprint between the rolling element of FIG. 9 and the mating flange face of the rolling element bearing.
  • FIG. 13 schematically depicts another alternative embodiment of the invention in which the roller end profile is conical and the mating flange face has at least three profile segments, with at least one segment being a portion of a logarithmic curve.
  • a roller bearing or rolling element bearing 10 of the current invention includes an outer ring 20 , an inner ring 30 , and a set of rollers 40 arranged between and in rolling contact with the outer and inner rings 20 and 30 . While the illustrated embodiment shows a cylindrical roller bearing (with cylindrical rollers), the invention can also be applied to tapered roller bearings, spherical roller bearings, and possibly, needle roller bearings.
  • the outer ring 20 includes at least one radially inwardly-extending flange 21 at one end of the raceway 22 defined on the outer ring 20 .
  • the outer ring 20 includes two radially inwardly-extending flanges 21 .
  • Each flange 21 includes a flange face 23 facing axially inwardly toward the raceway 22 .
  • the inner ring 30 includes at least one radially outwardly-extending flange 31 at one axial end of the raceway 32 defined on the inner ring 30 .
  • the flange 31 includes a flange face 33 facing axially inwardly toward the raceway 32 .
  • Each roller 40 has two end faces 41 a and 41 b , and an outer diameter surface 46 that engages and rolls on the raceways 22 , 32 .
  • the end faces 41 a , 41 b may be made substantially symmetrical to a center radial plane (a plane perpendicular to roller axis) of the roller 40 , however this need not be the case.
  • each end face 41 a , 41 b contains a curved profile 45 defined in an axial plane through a rotational axis 47 (see FIG. 3 ) of the roller 40 .
  • the curved profile 45 is formed by multiple segments 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , and 55 as, for example, shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 . It is to be understood that in FIG. 3 , only the lower right corner of the roller 40 is illustrated with the profile 45 for simplicity and clarity, but that at least the upper right corner of the end face 41 b would have the same profile mirrored about the axis 47 . Likewise, the end face 41 a could include the same profile 45 mirrored about the axial center-point of the roller 40 .
  • Each profile segment 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 and 55 is defined by a mathematically defined curvature.
  • the profile segment 51 is a portion of a straight line whose curvature radius is infinity.
  • Profile segments 52 to 55 are portions of circles with curvature radii of R A2 , R B2 , R C2 , and R D2 , respectively. The centers of these curvatures are at O A2 , O B2 , O C2 , and O D2 , respectively.
  • Profile segments 51 and 52 are blended at a tangent point A.
  • Profile segments 52 and 53 are blended at a tangent point B.
  • Profile segments 53 and 54 are blended at a tangent point C.
  • Profile segments 54 and 55 are blended at a tangent point D.
  • Profile segment 55 is blended with the outer diameter surface 46 of the roller 40 at point E. Unlike the other blending points (A-D), point E may or may not be a tangent point.
  • the profile segment 55 is optional. In cases where the profile segment 55 is not used, profile segment 54 can be blended directly with outer diameter surface 46 at a non-tangent point.
  • the locations of the profile segments 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 and 55 of the rollers 40 are designed such that when the roller 40 is assembled and set in operation in a bearing 10 under thrust load, the contact between the roller end 41 a or 41 b and the mating flange face 23 and/or 33 starts at point 61 (see FIGS. 4-6 ).
  • a contact patch or footprint 62 is developed as contact load increases.
  • the contact footprint 62 remains elliptical or circular in shape when the contact load is relatively low before reaching a load threshold of Q min .
  • This ellipse or circle corresponds to profile segment 53 (BC) with the curvature radius R B2 .
  • the contact footprint 62 starts to deviate from its original elliptical or circular shape. Specifically, the contact footprint 62 is truncated by segment 52 (AB) at the upper side and by segment 54 (CD) at the lower side, and assumes a non-ellipse or non-elliptical shape as represented in the area between 65 and 62 . As the load further increases, the aspect ratio (length over width) of the contact footprint 62 increases, and reaches a predetermined or desirable value for optimal contact attributes, such as flange torque and/or wear rate, under a predetermined design load Q max . At load Q max , the contact footprint is represented by 65 , and is non-elliptical in shape.
  • the curvature center O B2 of the profile segment 53 may be offset from or located at a distance from the roller axis 47 that is within (smaller than) a distance DS 1 (see FIG. 3 ).
  • the centers of curvatures for other profile segments may be offset from or located at distances from the roller axis 47 that is outside or above (greater than) DS 2 (see FIG. 3 ).
  • profile segments 52 and 54 adjacent to the principal profile segment 53 need not be portions of circles. They can be, for example, a portion of exponential curves and/or logarithm curves. In yet other embodiments (such as discussed below with respect to FIGS. 7-13 ), the principle profile segment 53 could be a portion of exponential curves and/or logarithm curves.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrate the flange faces 33 , but can also represent the flange faces 23 .
  • FIG. 5 depicts a portion of a roller bearing having rollers 40 ′ with spherical roller ends 41 ′.
  • the profile of the roller end 41 ′ is described by a single radius curve (R B2 ) with the center of curvature at the rotation axis 47 of the roller.
  • the roller 40 ′ is brought into contact with inner ring 30 ′ of the bearing during operation. The contact occurs at the mating flange face 33 ′ having at least three profile segments 34 , 35 , and 36 .
  • Each profile segment 34 , 35 , and 36 may be mathematically described by a radius of curvature.
  • the radius of curvature (R B1 ) for the second profile segment 35 can be infinity, that is to say the second profile segment is a straight line.
  • the first profile segment 34 is designed to be tangent to the second profile segment 35 .
  • the second profile segment 35 is tangent to the third profile segment 36 .
  • the first profile segment 34 is blended to the outer diameter 37 of the flange 31 ′ at a non-tangent point.
  • the third profile segment 36 is blended to the undercut 38 of the flange at another non-tangent point.
  • FIG. 6 depicts a roller bearing having rollers 40 ′′ that have conical roller ends 41 ′′.
  • the profile of the mating face 33 ′′ of the flange 31 ′′ is mathematically described by multi-radius curves.
  • the profile has at least three segments 34 ′′, 35 ′′, and 36 ′′. Any two adjacent segments are tangent to each other.
  • an elliptically-shaped or circular contact footprint initially develops.
  • the elliptically-shaped or circular contact footprint corresponds to the curvature radius R B1 of the profile segment 35 ′′.
  • the ellipse is truncated by profile segment 34 ′′ at the upper side and by profile segment 36 ′′ at the lower side.
  • the aspect ratio of the truncated ellipse increases as the contact load increases.
  • the contract footprint is non-elliptical.
  • a non-elliptical contact footprint can be obtained by composite profiles at the contact location between the roller end and the mating flange face. This is to say that multi-radius profiles or multi-segment profiles can be placed either on the roller end, on the flange face, or on both the roller end and the flange faces.
  • the profile segment (or segments) at the center of the contact footprint has a radius of curvature that is substantially greater than that of the segments adjacent to that center segment.
  • the contract footprint is non-elliptical.
  • FIGS. 7-11 illustrate another embodiment of a roller or rolling element bearing 100 of the current invention.
  • the bearing 100 includes an outer ring 120 , an inner ring 130 , a set of rollers 140 arranged between and in rolling contact with the outer and inner rings 120 , and 130 .
  • the outer ring 120 includes at least one radially inwardly-extending flange 121 at one end of the raceway 122 defined on the outer ring 120 .
  • the outer ring 120 includes two radially inwardly-extending flanges 121 .
  • Each flange 121 includes a flange face 123 facing axially inwardly toward the raceway 122 .
  • the inner ring 130 includes at least one radially outwardly-extending flange 131 at one axial end of the raceway 132 defined on the inner ring 130 .
  • the flange 131 includes a flange face 133 facing axially inwardly toward the raceway 132 .
  • Each roller 140 has two end faces 141 a and 141 b , and an outer diameter surface 146 that engages and rolls on the raceways 122 , 132 .
  • the end faces 141 a , 141 b may be made substantially symmetrical to a center radial plane (a plane perpendicular to roller axis) of the roller 140 , however this need not be the case.
  • each end face 141 a , 141 b contains a curved profile 145 defined in an axial plane that passes through the rotational axis 147 (See FIG. 9 ) of the roller 140 .
  • the curved profile 145 is formed by multiple segments 151 , 152 , 153 , and 154 as for example shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 . It is to be understood that in FIG. 9 , only the lower left corner of the roller 140 is illustrated with the profile 145 for simplicity and clarity, but that at least the upper left corner of the end face 141 a would have the same profile 145 mirrored about the axis 147 .
  • Each profile segment 151 , 152 , 153 , and 154 is defined by a mathematically described or defined curvature.
  • Each segment 151 , 152 , 153 , and 154 can be a straight line, a portion of a circle, or a complex curve described for example by logarithmic or exponential equations.
  • the profile segment 151 is a portion of a straight line whose curvature radius is infinity.
  • Profile segments 152 and 154 are portions of circles with curvature radii of R B2 and R D2 , respectively. The centers of these curvatures are at O B2 and O D2 respectively.
  • Profile segments 151 and 152 are blended at tangent point A.
  • Profile segments 152 and 153 are blended at a tangent point B.
  • Profile segments 153 and 154 are blended at a tangent point D.
  • Profile segment 153 extends from point B to point D and includes point C. As such, profile segment 153 can be broken into segment portions 153 B and 153 D.
  • Profile segment 154 is blended with the body 146 or outer diameter of the roller 140 or a green corner of the roller at point E. Unlike blending points (A-D), point E may or may not be a tangent point.
  • Profile segment 153 is a logarithmic curve or logarithmic curves described by the following equations in local x-y coordinate system whose origin is at the central contact point indicated by the reference point C or 161 , with the x-axis being tangent to the roller end profile at the contact point C.
  • the angle b represents the contact angle, which is also the rotation angle between the local x-y and global X G -Y G coordinate systems.
  • a b and A d are constants related to deflection of the contact surfaces in y-direction under nominal design load (e.g., in some embodiments may vary from 1-100 microns, or more preferably from 10-25 microns); l b , l d , y b and y d are the distances as defined in FIG.
  • l b is a distance in the local x-direction between point C and point B
  • l d is a distance in the local x-direction between point C and point D
  • y b is a distance in the local y-direction between point C and point B
  • y d is a distance in the local y-direction between point C and point D.
  • R C - l b 2 2 ⁇ ⁇ A b ⁇ ( 1 - e - y b A b ) ( 2 ⁇ a )
  • R C + l d 2 2 ⁇ A d ⁇ ( 1 - e - y d A d ) ( 2 ⁇ b )
  • R B l b 2 ⁇ [ 4 ⁇ ( A b l b ) 2 ⁇ ( e y b A b - 1 ) 2 + 1 ] 3 / 2 ( A b l b ) ⁇ ( e y b A b - 1 ) ⁇ ( 2 ⁇ e ⁇ b A b - 1 ) ( 3 ⁇ a )
  • R D l d 2 ⁇ [ 4 ⁇ ( A d l d ) 2 ⁇ ( e y d A - 1 ) 2 + 1 ] 3 / 2 ( A d l d ) ⁇ ( e y d A d - 1 ) ⁇ ( 2 ⁇ e y d A - 1 ) ( 3 ⁇ b )
  • the curvature radii of the logarithmic curves are the largest. Therefore, the curvature radius at a given point decreases as the point moves along the curve away from the center of the contact point C.
  • R B2 and R D2 are curvature radii of circular segments AB and DE, respectively.
  • FIG. 11 shows a graphical example of a multi-segment roller end profile according to the current invention.
  • the relationships set forth in equations (5a)-(5c) were incorporated.
  • the locations of the profile segments 151 , 152 , 153 , and 154 of the rollers 140 are designed such that when the roller 140 is assembled and set in operation in a bearing 100 under thrust load, the contact between roller end 141 a or 141 b and the mating flange face 123 and/or 133 starts at point 161 .
  • a footprint 162 is developed as contact load increases. The size and shape of the footprint 162 change as contact load increases.
  • the contract footprint is non-elliptical.
  • Profile segments 152 and 154 adjacent to the principal profile segment 153 need not be portions of circles. They can be, for example, be portions of exponential curves or portions of logarithmic curves. In yet other alternatives, the profile segments 152 , 154 might be extensions of the logarithmic curves used for the principle profile segment 153 . In yet other embodiments, there need not be additional, adjacent profile segments 152 and 154 . Instead, the principle segment 153 can be the sole segment of the curved profile 145 .
  • FIG. 13 illustrates the flange face 133 , but can also represent the flange faces 123 .
  • FIG. 13 depicts a roller bearing with rollers 140 ′ having conical roller ends 141 ′.
  • the profile of the mating face 133 ′ of the flange 131 ′ is mathematically described by multi-segment curves.
  • the profile has at least three segments 134 , 135 and 136 . Any two adjacent segments are tangent to each other.
  • a non-elliptical contact footprint develops at a predetermined design load.
  • the non-elliptical contact footprint corresponds to the logarithmic curves of the profile segment 135 , which can have same curvature as the profile segment 153 described above.
  • the aspect ratio of the contact footprint increases as the contact load further increases.
  • a non-elliptical contact footprint can be obtained by composite profiles at the contact location between the roller end and the mating flange face.
  • multi-segment profiles can be placed either on the roller end, on the flange face, or on both the roller end and the flange faces.
  • the profile segment or segments at the center of the contact footprint is a portion of a logarithmic curve that has continuously changing curvature radii.
  • the curvature radii of the logarithmic segment are no less than that of the segments adjacent to the logarithmic segment.

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